Justification by Faith: God's Gift of Righteousness
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"Abraham believed God and it was counted unto him for righteousness. Now the apostles' argument, you remember, is this: he has laid down, he has displayed before them this great and Central and most vital doctrine of justification by faith only. That has been his theme in the third chapter from verse 21 to verse 31 at the end." [00:00:28]
"Now to him that worketh, the reward is not reckoned of Grace but of debt. In other words, what he's saying is this: it's a simple illustration taken from ordinary life. If I do a piece of work for a man and he pays me for doing it, well now, the man in paying me is not rarely being gracious unto me." [00:05:13]
"But in verse 5, to him that worketh not, who doesn't work, who doesn't produce works, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. Now then, here is, I don't hesitate to assert, one of the most important verses in the whole of the Bible." [00:06:55]
"Who is the man that is Justified? Well, he tells us two things about this man. The first thing he tells us about him is that he's a man who worketh not. He doesn't do any Works, he doesn't produce any works. The man he took in his illustration was a man who did work." [00:08:58]
"God justifies such people: no works, but more, ungodly. Very well, what does this tell us about the doctrine of justification by faith only? Now here, I say, is surely the clearest statement ever made concerning it. This is what I find: it establishes once and forever that justification is entirely God's action." [00:13:20]
"Justification does not make us righteous because God justifies the ungodly. He justifies us while we are still ungodly. He doesn't first make us Godly and then justify us. No, no, what Paul says is that he justifies the ungodly, not the ungodly made Godly, not the unrighteous made righteous or become right." [00:14:18]
"Justification is this declaration of God that he now is acquitting that person and that he henceforth is going to put on him the righteousness of Christ and regard him as righteous. That is the meaning of this act. It is a legal, it doesn't do anything to the man, it doesn't change him, it doesn't make him any better." [00:16:15]
"Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven and whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin. Say what you will, my friends, this Apostle Paul was a mighty debater amongst other things. Mighty in controversy, watch his method. He's already referred to Abram, now he produces David." [00:19:11]
"God does not reckon our sins to us. But you may say, how can he do that and still be God? We have committed these sins. How can God not reckon them to us, though we have committed them and are guilty of them? The answer is this: he has reckoned them to his only begotten beloved Son." [00:28:30]
"God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing, not Reckoning their trespasses unto them. Well, what did he do then? Ah, he reckoned their trespasses unto him. God, you remember, he says in the last verse, hath made him Christ to be sin for us, though he knew no sin." [00:29:20]
"Salvation is entirely the free gift of God. It is a gift which is given to the ungodly. So you see, if you start saying, ah now, I feel I ought to be doing the moment you say, but now I say you haven't got it, you're not a Christian." [00:35:06]
"God justifies the ungodly. Nothing in my hands I bring, simply to thy cross I cling. Just As I Am Without One Plea but that thy blood was shed for me and that thou bidst me come to thee, Oh Lamb of God, I Come Just As I Am and waiting not to rid my soul of one dark blood." [00:37:29]
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"Now to him that worketh, the reward is not reckoned of Grace but of debt. In other words, what he's saying is this: it's a simple illustration taken from ordinary life. If I do a piece of work for a man and he pays me for doing it, well now, the man in paying me is not rarely being gracious unto me." [00:05:13]
"But in verse 5, to him that worketh not, who doesn't work, who doesn't produce works, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. Now then, here is, I don't hesitate to assert, one of the most important verses in the whole of the Bible." [00:06:55]
"Who is the man that is Justified? Well, he tells us two things about this man. The first thing he tells us about him is that he's a man who worketh not. He doesn't do any Works, he doesn't produce any works. The man he took in his illustration was a man who did work." [00:08:58]
"God justifies such people: no works, but more, ungodly. Very well, what does this tell us about the doctrine of justification by faith only? Now here, I say, is surely the clearest statement ever made concerning it. This is what I find: it establishes once and forever that justification is entirely God's action." [00:13:20]
"Justification does not make us righteous because God justifies the ungodly. He justifies us while we are still ungodly. He doesn't first make us Godly and then justify us. No, no, what Paul says is that he justifies the ungodly, not the ungodly made Godly, not the unrighteous made righteous or become right." [00:14:18]
"Justification is this declaration of God that he now is acquitting that person and that he henceforth is going to put on him the righteousness of Christ and regard him as righteous. That is the meaning of this act. It is a legal, it doesn't do anything to the man, it doesn't change him, it doesn't make him any better." [00:16:15]
"Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven and whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin. Say what you will, my friends, this Apostle Paul was a mighty debater amongst other things. Mighty in controversy, watch his method. He's already referred to Abram, now he produces David." [00:19:11]
"God does not reckon our sins to us. But you may say, how can he do that and still be God? We have committed these sins. How can God not reckon them to us, though we have committed them and are guilty of them? The answer is this: he has reckoned them to his only begotten beloved Son." [00:28:30]
"God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing, not Reckoning their trespasses unto them. Well, what did he do then? Ah, he reckoned their trespasses unto him. God, you remember, he says in the last verse, hath made him Christ to be sin for us, though he knew no sin." [00:29:20]
"Salvation is entirely the free gift of God. It is a gift which is given to the ungodly. So you see, if you start saying, ah now, I feel I ought to be doing the moment you say, but now I say you haven't got it, you're not a Christian." [00:35:06]
"God justifies the ungodly. Nothing in my hands I bring, simply to thy cross I cling. Just As I Am Without One Plea but that thy blood was shed for me and that thou bidst me come to thee, Oh Lamb of God, I Come Just As I Am and waiting not to rid my soul of one dark blood." [00:37:29]
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